mal·low 
(m
ăl
ō)
n.1. Any of various plants of the genus Malva of the mallow family, having pink, purple, or white axillary flowers, palmate or dissected leaves, and dry disk-shaped fruits.
2. Any of various other plants in the mallow family, such as the rose mallow.
[Middle English malwe, from Old English mealwe and from Old French malve, both from Latin malva, probably of Semitic origin; see mlḥ in the Appendix of Semitic roots.]

mallowhigh mallow
Malva sylvestris